Jim Joyce

Baseball: International League: Though Jair Jurrjens pitched a one-hitter in Game 2, the Norfolk Tides were swept in a doubleheader Friday night by the Louisville Bats. The Bats won the opener 5-3 before 6,426 at Harbor Park, then took the nightcap 1-0. The only hit Jurrjens allowed in his seven-inning complete game was a leadoff double off the left-center-field wall by Jason Donald. He took third on Nevin Ashley's sacrifice fly and scored on Kristopher Negron's sacrifice fly to right field. In Game 1, Denis Phipps was 2-for-3 with two RBI for the Bats, Cincinnati’s top affiliate, and Billy Hamilton was 1-for-4 with a run and his 41st steal of the season. L.J....

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